LOCOMOTE Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

locomote

verb

ˈlō-kə-ˌmōt

Definition of locomote

as in to shift

to change one's position most babies begin to locomote—by crawling—when they are seven to ten months old

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Recent Examples of locomote The general idea of this research is to get robots to learn to locomote in much the way human toddlers do. — Matt Simon, Wired, 5 Jan. 2021 The idea of connecting to our ancestral past requires us to locomote as we are evolved to do, using our senses and making sure the mind and body are in union. — Bill Hatcher, National Geographic, 28 Feb. 2016 The most likely explanation is that worms, which need moisture to locomote, take advantage of the rain to go exploring above ground. — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026 Parents of babies up to age 3 can watch their children locomote on tatami mats or haul themselves up on their jellied legs by holding on to short, fence-like partitions. — New York Times, 9 June 2022 So, those are (roughly in order) the hands, the sensory apparatus like vision and haptics and sound and so on, and the ability to locomote to get the hands to work. — IEEE Spectrum, 16 May 2023 All reasonably healthy individuals can locomote at the necessary speed to beat the cutoffs for any ultramarathon. — Jason Koop, Outside Online, 19 July 2017

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Here is another example in the opening 45 minutes, where Brazil’s midfield is shifted over to the near side to condense the space around Morocco.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026
The Facebook page shifted to a private setting to create a more intimate space.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Definition of shift

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There is something cultish about that idea — the player who tends not to start but has the knack to appear later on with antennae twitching, ready to seize the day and alter the course of a match.

— Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 21 June 2026
Leon Stetson was allegedly twitching, so officers moved him away from Carrie Stetson and started to render medical aid.

— Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026

Definition of twitch

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